#2561 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Dwarf Cream Wave
🇳🇱 Dwergstipspanner ·Idaea fuscovenosa
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Bennekom, Nederland
📍 Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland
📍 Zuid-Holland, Nederland
📍 Kamphoeve, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, NL
📍 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © michi1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © richardjaybee · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Wageningen, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Bas Engels · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Kamphoeve, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, NL:© mmmenno · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Idaea fuscovenosa , the dwarf cream wave , is a moth of the family Geometridae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 151 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,314 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1781 (245 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dwarf Cream Wave
- Nederlands
- Dwergstipspanner
- scientific name
- Idaea fuscovenosa
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Geometridae
- sightings in NL
- 151
- sightings in Europe
- 3,884
- sightings worldwide
- 5,314
- GBIF records in NL
- 9,975
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1781 by Johann August Ephraim Goeze
relatives· Geometridae
#2406 📷 8Riband Wave
🇳🇱 Grijze stipspanner
Idaea aversata
👀 977 in NL
#2408 📷 7Yellow Shell Moth
🇳🇱 Gestreepte Goudspanner
Camptogramma bilineata
👀 893 in NL
#2409 📷 10Small Dusty Wave
🇳🇱 Paardenbloemspanner
Idaea seriata
👀 889 in NL
#2412 📷 10Willow Beauty
🇳🇱 Schaduwspikkelspanner
Peribatodes rhomboidaria
👀 725 in NL
#2418 📷 10Double-striped Pug
🇳🇱 Zwartkamdwergspanner
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
👀 668 in NL
#2435 📷 8Single-dotted Wave
🇳🇱 Vlekstipspanner
Idaea dimidiata
👀 509 in NL
#2438 📷 10Small Engrailed
🇳🇱 Gewone spikkelspanner
Ectropis crepuscularia
👀 486 in NL
#2444 📷 10Brimstone Moth
🇳🇱 Hagedoornvlinder
Opisthograptis luteolata
👀 435 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 322140, Wikidata Q171299, GBIF 5147193, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.